Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1989, published 76th ILC session (1989)

Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No. 1) - Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Ratification: 1973)

The Committee has been noting for several years that section 50 of the General Labour Act, which provides that the labour inspectorate can authorise a maximum of two hours overtime per day irrespective of circumstances, is not in conformity with the provisions of Article 6, paragraphs 1(b) and 2, of the Convention. These only authorise temporary exceptions to deal with exceptional cases of pressure of work provided that the maximum number of overtime hours which may be authorised is determined in each case by public authority regulations.

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its last report concerning the preparation of the new General Labour Act, with the technical assistance of the ILO. It trusts that this legislation will be adopted in the near future and that it will be in conformity with the above provisions of the Convention.

[The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1990.]